68 here. My compliments, a very matured and positive narrative. Well done, all correct. Extreme sports have been my life. I think you have helped others to understand what it is and what it takes. Rip it up😎
I am 50 and fear is an even bigger factor, but I totally agree that without fighting the fear and getting out of the comfort zone you will never progress. Of course I will never hit the biggest kickers. I just want to ride with confidence,speed & control, make more flat ground tricks and make some powder with small drops here and there. It is great you are bringing this to us. There are only two RU-vidrs out of all the entire bunch of bloggers/snowboarders saying the truth - If you (a) don't manage your fearS and (b) don't make your body ready in all aspects of preparation /strength/yoga/cardio/, you will never be able to feel the sweetness of the adrenaline coming to you when you feel the beauty and grace of the snowboarding or that unbelievable feeling of floating in the snow without feeling the bottom. All the best to you. May the force be with all snowboarders. p.s.I hope someday i will have some extra money and will be able either to come to Mount Hood or JaPaw
I’m 49. Great to hear there’s still plenty of people wanting to snowboard at our age! Like you I just want to ride the pistes with confidence, maybe ride switch and do a few jumps here and there. Hope I can keep going to for a good few more years to come. 😊
Caught an edge on a box and got wrecked. Now EVERY feature fills me with fear, and i feel like my progression is back to square one. How did i get over it? …I’m still working on it.
Take the small steps. Get comfortable with being flat based. Then take it to the ride on features. Small steps. Also grab pads, helmet, and wrist guards. It helped me tremendously
Did big kickers for the first time this weekend. By the end of the day I was the reference for others 😂 my method: I gave myself homework, and a plan of how to incrementally step up. Written notes and checkboxes to tick off. Compiled from tips from this channel, and Tommie Bennet. E.g roll over the knuckle, comfortable with the speed/landing etc etc. Landing my first steezy grab on first attempt when I’d never done one, yet alone on a L-size kicker, was so satisfying. Having a brand new quality board set-up to my liking also helped with the confidence compared to rental gear. I have been pre-training too, yet still messed up my shoulder on a side-hit. The next day I was fearful of side hits but happy with the kickers. I’m 38, although I learnt as a kid, this is my first proper season.
The best video about fear and how to deal with it, I've seen so far! With all my years riding and teaching I've come to very similar conclusions. But I strugled and fought so hard and so long. Fear is weird, it can do all kind of things, but it is not an enemy! Wish I'd seen this years ago, well done.
I like to think of fear as a liar. It tells you that you can't do something and makes your doubt yourself. If you focus on a healthy spirit, mind and body then you can call fear out and and show it the truth of your abilities!
Back in January of 2022, I had a bad fall that resulted in major surgery to my shoulder. I spent most of last season just getting over the fear of falling again. It really slowed down my progression. This season was better, but now I find myself afraid to go fast. I struggle with blues and black diamonds and end up making too many turns to control my speed. I would also someday like to try to hit the park, but I’m just too damn afraid to get jacked up. I am 51 and not as resilient as I once was.
Excellent video. Thanks so much. Currently on hour 7 of teaching myself to snowboard because it's so late in the season and there are no instructors! The fear of speed is what's holding me back the most right now. This was super helpful 🤍
Baby steps! A friend who’s done it before and just waiting till you and the conditions are ready! Gettin over fear will make your daily life seem easy so benefits all around!
I was just thinking about this. Tomorrow I am going to go out and do 10 backside 3's. Can do frontside 3's switch and regular but somewhere along the way lost my ability to be confident with back threes. It used to be that I was confident with them and couldn't do frontside then I lost it and stopped riding for like 15+ years. IDK it's hard there's lots of tricks I want to get good at but just figure the only way I am going to get better at them is by repetition. Tend to carve off the jump vs going straight.
